Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with stage IA cervical carcinoma who had open or minimally invasive hysterectomy
| Open (n=685) | MIS (n=1245) | P value | |
| Age (years) | 0.59 | ||
| <=50 | 510 (74.5%) | 913 (73.3%) | |
| >50 | 175 (25.5%) | 332 (26.7%) | |
| Race | 0.29 | ||
| White | 549 (80.1%) | 1022 (82.1%) | |
| Other/Unknown | 136 (19.9%) | 223 (17.9%) | |
| Co-morbidities | 0.7 | ||
| No | 579 (84.5%) | 1044 (83.9%) | |
| Yes | 106 (15.5%) | 201 (16.1%) | |
| Insurance | 0.19 | ||
| Private | 414 (60.4%) | 801 (64.3%) | |
| Government | 209 (30.5%) | 352 (28.3%) | |
| Uninsured/Unknown | 62 (9.1%) | 92 (7.4%) | |
| Sub-stage | 0.061 | ||
| IA1 | 486 (70.9%) | 928 (74.5%) | |
| IA2 | 171 (25%) | 287 (23.1%) | |
| INOS | 28 (4.1%) | 30 (2.4%) | |
| Histology | 0.19 | ||
| Squamous | 473 (69.1%) | 846 (68%) | |
| Adenosquamous | n<10† | 27 (2.2%) | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 205 (29.9%) | 372 (29.8%) | |
| LVSI | 0.092 | ||
| Absent | 550 (80.3%) | 951 (76.4%) | |
| Present | 53 (7.7%) | 130 (10.4%) | |
| Unknown | 82 (12%) | 164 (13.2%) | |
| LND* | 0.021 | ||
| No | 285 (41.9%) | 589 (47.3%) | |
| Yes | 396 (58.1%) | 655 (52.7%) | |
| Hysterectomy type | <0.001 | ||
| Simple | 397 (58%) | 841 (67.6%) | |
| Radical | 288 (42%) | 404 (32.4%) |
*LND values were missing for 5 cases: 4 open and 1 MIS.
†per agreement with National Cancer Database suppressed since n<10.
LND, lymphadenectomy; LVSI, lymphovascular invasion; MIS, minimally invasive surgery; NOS, not otherwise specified.